Jack was quite pleased by her easy acquiescence; an easy meal, he thought, to take the light from her eyes or the nimbleness from her fingers.
It was a little surprising when she practically dropped her face into his lap, but he saw then what it was she was actually trying to do. He did not recognize the symbol or the magic written in it, and he frowned. So her words were not stolen, but bound. A cursebreaker he could be, but not a powerful one. Minor hexes, the work of hedge witches, lesser fae magics – all these and more he could take or destroy. She did not look faeblood, or have the feel of a witch, and she said it was her father who had bound her so.
Hm.
Well. Couldn't be that much harm in trying.
He touched a finger to the brand, to try and break or take it, to push or to pull. A sound like a cacophony of bells, a sound of surprise, and he burst. Where Jack had been there was only a glimmer of golden light, a shimmer in the air that dissipated like morning mist in the sunlight.
With a gasp, he came forth from the surface of the water in the center of the grove, emerging with a toss of his hair. "You didn't say it would do that," he accused, as if she could have. He looked more androgynous than he had before, less human… and less clothed. He dunked himself back under the water, and as he walked out he was dressed in a tunic and tights, even his boots white, everything all trimmed in gold. Finery was a poor balm for his wounded ego, but it would have to do.
"I won't be trying that again," he said, and he brought his hands together. As they came apart, they held a lute, that seemed to have been made with some kind of white wood that left it looking very plain. "Here," he said as he offered it to her, "try this."
It was a little surprising when she practically dropped her face into his lap, but he saw then what it was she was actually trying to do. He did not recognize the symbol or the magic written in it, and he frowned. So her words were not stolen, but bound. A cursebreaker he could be, but not a powerful one. Minor hexes, the work of hedge witches, lesser fae magics – all these and more he could take or destroy. She did not look faeblood, or have the feel of a witch, and she said it was her father who had bound her so.
Hm.
Well. Couldn't be that much harm in trying.
He touched a finger to the brand, to try and break or take it, to push or to pull. A sound like a cacophony of bells, a sound of surprise, and he burst. Where Jack had been there was only a glimmer of golden light, a shimmer in the air that dissipated like morning mist in the sunlight.
With a gasp, he came forth from the surface of the water in the center of the grove, emerging with a toss of his hair. "You didn't say it would do that," he accused, as if she could have. He looked more androgynous than he had before, less human… and less clothed. He dunked himself back under the water, and as he walked out he was dressed in a tunic and tights, even his boots white, everything all trimmed in gold. Finery was a poor balm for his wounded ego, but it would have to do.
"I won't be trying that again," he said, and he brought his hands together. As they came apart, they held a lute, that seemed to have been made with some kind of white wood that left it looking very plain. "Here," he said as he offered it to her, "try this."
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